EU HEALTH CONFERENCE
September 9th, 2013
THE EXTENT of waste in Europe’s austerity-hit public health services was one of the ‘elephants in the room’ – a big issue seldom discussed - identified by a professionals’ conference in Brussels, Belgium, on September 4 and 5.150 delegates at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) annual conference heard that, on average, between 3% and 10% of budgets for European Union (EU) national health systems was lost through waste, but in some cases could even reach 30%.“There is no accurate picture because a clear definition of what is meant by waste is ...
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